the Viewpoint Institute, February 24-27. examined the period between Based on the interaction numbers, Hungarian Facebook users clearly Viktor Orbán and the Hungarian government to be correct.
Russia has entered the path of open military conflict against Ukraine. The war has determined the domestic political agenda ever since , and Hungarians are also looking for orientation points in social media. In our analysis, we looked at who Hungarian Facebook users turn to when it comes to the issue of war.
The research was based on the interaction numbers (likes, comments, shares) of the various Facebook pages. It was considered important to examine which political side's position, statements and solution proposals were liked by Facebook users since the first day of the Russian aggression, which political community's approach proved to be appropriate,
Among the official pages, Hungarian Facebook users mostly turned to the pages of the government and Fidesz during the analyzed period, as well as the previously mentioned Two-Tails Dog Party may have caused a pleasant surprise for its followers. For the first time in the competition of official websites, the party fought its way up to third place (second! place in the list of parties).
This could be a warning sign for the left, whose response to the war was a loud, destructive, negative campaign launched against Fidesz. The second place of Kétfarkúak clearly means that Péter Márki-Zay's communication may be on the wrong track, in this situation Hungarians do not expect this from a responsible politician.
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